Egg-packer



` H. HANDY.

(No Model.) A

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY HANDY, OF FITZWILLIAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

EGG-PACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 322,444, dated July21l 1885.

Application led December 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HANEY, of Fitzwilliam, in the county ofCheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented an Egg- Packer andMethod of Packing Eggs, of which the following is aspecioation.

The special obj ect of this invention is to pack- Jthe eggs in Vsuch away that they will not be liable to breakage during transportation byjars or surface-contact with hard substances.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then clearly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view in elevation, showing thecasca-nd tubes,

the cover being thrown back. Fig. 2 is a section of the box andassemblage of tubes pasted or otherwise fastened together at the sidesand open at both ends. Fig. 3 is aview in elevation of the reversibleholder, with the eggs in place as they stand when the tubes have beenremoved, as is done before taking out the eggs.

In the drawings, A represents the packing box or case, preferablyprovided with a hinged cover, A. On the sides of'this cover are arrangedthe pendent flanges a a, which turn at their rear lower corners on'thepivots a a, so that the front and rear of cover fit snugly down upon thecorresponding edges of case while the flanges break joint with thesides. I may use an elastic packing-strip between the cover and case, soas to render the box practically air-tight where the eggs are to bepreserved a considerable time. The side ilanges thus perform threefunctions-namely, prevent the inlet of dust at the sides, connect thecover with the case-pivots, and effectually guard the cover againstlateral displacement.

a a2 represent the spring latch and catch which I prefer to use.

B represents an assemblage of tubes (pasted, cemented, or otherwise)open at both ends, joined together side by side, and made of a diametertransversely a little larger than that of the eggs which are to bepacked.

` b is a handle or iexible strip attached at the ends to the top oftubes, and as near as possitheir corresponding ends are all flush witheach other or in the same transverse plane.

The method of using my packer is as follows: I first place Within thecase an assemblage of tubes sulicient to fill without crowding it. Inext drop into each tube, standing vertically, one of the doublereversible cups and one egg. Then on each egg I place another cup orholder, and into the latter another egg. This is continued until thetubes are nearly filled, when I top off each uppermost egg with a doublespring cup and fasten down the cover. It will thus be seen that the boxmay be turned up, down,` or on the sides without changingthe localrelation of the eggs to their cups, tubes, or case, while the elasticcups take allthe shock or jar without danger of fracture to the eggs.

What I desire to protect by Letters Patent 1s- 1; The combination, in anegg'packer, of a case, A A', a corresponding assemblage of open-endedtubes, B, and elastic egg-holders C,

substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in an egg-packer, of openended tubes and elasticdouble coned reversible holders C, whereby the eggs may be packed in thetubes on the holders and the latter may be removed in advance of theeggs, substantially as described.

HENRY HANDY.

Witnesses:

Airos J. BLAKE, Jas. C. SQUIRE.

